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connielane at 08:54am on 22/04/2008
connielane at 08:54am on 22/04/2008After today's primary (which is not likely to end anything, except in the unlikely event that either Obama upsets or Clinton wins by a significant two-digit margin), we've got...
Indiana and North Carolina in 2 weeks,
Nebraska and West Virginia a week later,
Kentucky and Oregon a week later,
and Puerto Rico, Montana, and South Dakota 2 weeks later.
And the Democratic National Convention not quite 2 months after that. I know it's genuinely close (and it's so great that so many states are actually having a say in the primaries this time), and I have nothing at all against Sen. Clinton, but ... part of me wishes it could all just end tonight. And I'm getting a feeling the news pundits feel much the same way. :P
There's absolutely no reason that Clinton should not be pressing forward, obviously, but I think it's killing her politically. And I wonder if all this won't hurt her in the long run if she doesn't become the nominee and tries to run again.
On a lighter note ... ROFLMAO at Obama on Jon Stewart last night - "Will you pull a bait-and-switch, sir, and enslave the white race?"
Indiana and North Carolina in 2 weeks,
Nebraska and West Virginia a week later,
Kentucky and Oregon a week later,
and Puerto Rico, Montana, and South Dakota 2 weeks later.
And the Democratic National Convention not quite 2 months after that. I know it's genuinely close (and it's so great that so many states are actually having a say in the primaries this time), and I have nothing at all against Sen. Clinton, but ... part of me wishes it could all just end tonight. And I'm getting a feeling the news pundits feel much the same way. :P
There's absolutely no reason that Clinton should not be pressing forward, obviously, but I think it's killing her politically. And I wonder if all this won't hurt her in the long run if she doesn't become the nominee and tries to run again.
On a lighter note ... ROFLMAO at Obama on Jon Stewart last night - "Will you pull a bait-and-switch, sir, and enslave the white race?"
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You should see how excited Democrats in North Carolina are. Oh we're just tickled pink that we get to be important in a primary. :D
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I don't think there's any possible Clinton victory today that's big enough to end it in her favor. Obama is still way ahead and even if she won by 20+ percentage points, all that would do is make up a fraction of his lead. To have a chance at tying his pledged delegate lead she has to run the table of all remaining primaries by 20+ points... and then it would still be a tie.
I hope it ends tonight too, but I'm not optimistic. Not like I understand polling or GOTV or anything, but it looks like Clinton by 5-10 is the default outcome given the polls and given the undecided voters habit in similar states like Ohio of breaking for her at the last minute.
I totally agree that this is killing her politically. I've read a couple things about superdelegates off the record saying that they are really turned off by the way she's been playing the game.
Democratic party leaders are going to be pushing superdelegates more and more to make up their minds one way or the other so it can be done. I do expect it to be over, and Obama to be the nominee, by June; but I too would really prefer it to be over tonight.
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I'm right there with you. The Democrats just never make it easy on themselves, or on us. :p
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I do agree with you about wishing it could have ended tonight, though. No such luck, of course. :/